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Kaitō Ruby
is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Makoto Wada. Cast *Kyōko Koizumi - Rumi Kato (Ruby) *Hiroyuki Sanada - Toru Hayashi *Kumi Mizuno - Toru's mother *Hideyo Amamoto *Masumi Okada * Takanori Jinnai - Rumi's friend *Taisaku Akino - Detective *Akira Nagoya - Man with white cloth Awards and nominations 13th Hochi Film Award * Won: Best Actor - Hiroyuki Sanada 10th Yokohama Film Festival * Won: Best Actor - Hiroyuki Sanada * Won: Best Actress - Kyōko Koizumi (born February 4, 1966) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is signed to Victor Entertainment. Career In 1981, Kyoko Koizumi participated and won the Star Tanjo! programme and released her 1st single in March 1982. She gained her first num ... *6th Best Film References 1988 films Films directed by Makoto Wada 1980s Japanese-language films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Wada
(10 April 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a Japanese illustrator, essayist, and film director. Biography Wada was born in Osaka on 10 April 1936. He attended Tama Art University, where he won the Japan Advertising Art Award in 1957. As an illustrator, Wada drew many cartoons and caricatures for Shinichi Hoshi and Haruki Murakami. He designed more than 2,000 covers for the magazine ''Shūkan Bunshun'' from 1972 to 2017 and provided illustrations for the book review section of the ''Mainichi Shimbun'' from 1992 to 2018. Being a passionate film fan, he started his career as a film director in 1984. He won the award for best director at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards for '' Kaitō Ruby''. Since 1972, Wada was married to Remi Hirano, the granddaughter of Henry Pike Bowie. They had two sons: Sho and Ritsu. Their eldest son Sho is the guitarist and vocalist of Triceratops and is married to actress Juri Ueno. Wada died on 7 October 2019 at the hospital in Tokyo. He was 83 years old. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Sanada
is a Japanese actor and martial artist. He is best known to international audiences for his roles as Genbu in ''Ninja in the Dragon's Den'' (1982), Ryuji Takayama in '' Ring'' (1998), Seibei Iguchi in ''The Twilight Samurai'' (2002), Ujio in '' The Last Samurai'' (2003), Kenji in ''Rush Hour 3'' (2007), and Scorpion in ''Mortal Kombat'' (2021). His role as 'The Fool' in the Shakespeare play ''King Lear'' also gave him notable theatrical notice in the United Kingdom. In Japan, Sanada is also known for songs he recorded for movies he was in as well as songs he has performed for the public. He made his first major Hollywood appearance portraying Ujio in ''The Last Samurai'' (2003), later appearing in such films as '' Sunshine'' (2007), ''Speed Racer'' (2008), '' The Wolverine'', ''47 Ronin'' (both 2013), '' Minions'' (2015), ''Life'' (2017), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), ''Army of the Dead'' (2021), and '' Bullet Train'' (2022). He also had a recurring role on the HBO series ''W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyōko Koizumi
(born February 4, 1966) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is signed to Victor Entertainment. Career In 1981, Kyoko Koizumi participated and won the Star Tanjo! programme and released her 1st single in March 1982. She gained her first number one hit in 1984 and thereafter established herself as one of Japan's most popular pop idols, alongside rivals Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori. Her biggest hit (あなたに会えてよかった) came in 1991, which sold more than a million copies in Japan alone. Koizumi went on to release another single (優しい雨) which is also over a million copies in total sale in 1993. Koizumi had singles reach the Top Ten for 12 consecutive years between 1983 and 1994, a female solo artist record, until this was broken by Namie Amuro. In the 1990s, she released a few dance remixes on vinyl only under the Koizumix Production moniker. She has worked with Yoko Kanno who composed the music for Koizumi's 1996 album, '' Otoko no Ko Onna no Ko''. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that earned 54.9% of a box office total of US$2.338 billion. Films have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived. '' Tokyo Story'' (1953) ranked number three in '' Sight & Sound'' critics' list of the 100 greatest films of all time. ''Tokyo Story'' also topped the 2012 ''Sight & Sound'' directors' poll of The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time, dethroning ''Citizen Kane'', while Akira Kurosawa's '' Seven Samurai'' (1954) was voted the greatest foreign-language film of all time in BBC's 2018 poll of 209 critics in 43 countries. Japan has won the Academy Award for the Best International Feature Film four times, more than any other Asian country. Japan's Big Four film studios are Toho, Toei, Shochiku and Kad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumi Mizuno
is a Japanese actress best known for appearing in several Toho kaiju films of the 1960s and early 1970s. Early life Mizuno was born Maya Igarashi on 1 January 1937 in Sanjō Niigata prefecture, Japan. She was acquainted with Giant Baba, her junior by one year, who is also from Sanjō. She enrolled and eventually graduated from an acting school and began a professional career in film in 1957 in ''Crazy Society'' (Shochiku). In 1958 she appeared in ''Nemuri Kyōshirō: Record of an Outlaw : Demon-blade Hell'' (Toho). Career Her most famous roles include Miss Namikawa in ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'', Dr. Sueko Togami in '' Frankenstein Conquers the World'', and the island girl Dayo in '' Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster''. She is also known for her role as Azami in the 1959 epic ''The Birth of Japan''. By the time she started working on ''A Bridge for Us Alone'' (1958), her second movie, her name had changed to Kumi Mizuno. Mizuno first worked with director Ishirō Honda in ''Senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideyo Amamoto
was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original '' Kamen Rider'' series as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and the ''Godzilla'' series. Amamoto also used the pseudonym of Eisei Amamoto for most of his career, Eisei being a misreading of the kanji in his real name, Hideyo. He died on March 23, 2003 of complication from pneumonia at the age of 77. Film and television credits 1950 *'' Nijushi no hitomi'' (1954) as Hisako's husband *''The Garden of Women'' (1954) as Professor (uncredited) *''Twenty-Four Eyes'' (1954) as Ôishi Sensei no Otto *''Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata ni'' (1956) as Chen LongCheng *''Yûwaku'' (1957) as Kyôzô Ikegami *''Kunin no shikeishû'' (1957) as Takao Nakamura *''Yatsu ga satsujinsha da'' (1958) *''Mikkokusha wa dare ka'' (1958) as Nakao *''Jinsei gekijô - Seishun hen'' (1958) * (1959) *'' Songoku: The Road to the West'' (1959) *'' Aru kengo no shogai'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masumi Okada
was a professional actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and film producer. Also known by his nickname "Fanfan", he was born in Nice, France, to a Japanese father, Minoru Okada, who was an artist, and a Danish mother, Ingeborg Sevaldsen, who was the sister of Eline Eriksen, the model for the "Mermaid of Copenhagen". Masumi Okada was the younger of two sons; his older brother, Taibi "Erick" Okada, was also an actor and presenter- known professionally as E. H. Eric, he was the emcee for the Beatles' 1966 concert in Tokyo. Biography Masumi Okada spent the first four years of his life in France before relocating to Japan in 1939. He received his education under his Western name, Otto Sevaldsen, at Saint Joseph International School (SJIS) in the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, graduating in 1955. In 1952, while still a student at SJIS, Okada debuted as an actor in a musical at the Nichigeki Music Hall. He signed with Nikkatsu Corporation in 1954, appearing in his first film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takanori Jinnai
is a Japanese actor, film director, and singer. He was born August 12, 1958 in Okawa, Fukuoka. He made his directorial debut with '' Rockers'' (ロッカーズ or ''Rokkazu''), a 2003 film based on his years as vocalist for the punk rock band The Rockers (ザ・ロッカーズ). He was nominated best actor for a Japanese Academy Award three times, once in 1988 and twice in 1989. He won the award for Best Actor at the 12th Hochi Film Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ... for '' Chōchin''. Filmography Films Dramas TV movies As director and writer References External links * 1958 births Living people Japanese male actors Japanese racehorse owners and breeders People from Ōkawa, Fukuoka Actors from Fukuoka Prefecture Musicians from Fukuo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taisaku Akino
is a Japanese actor. In 1970, he married actress Kiwako Taichi. They later divorced. Selected filmography Films *''It's Tough Being a Man'' (1969) as Kawamata Noboru *'' Tora-san's Cherished Mother'' (1969) as Kawamata Noboru *''Tora-san's Grand Scheme'' (1970) as Kawamata Noboru *'' Tora-san's Dear Old Home'' (1972) as Kawamata Noboru *'' Tora-san's Dream-Come-True'' (1972) as Kawamata Noboru *'' Hissatsu Shikakenin Baian Arijigoku '' (1973) *'' Pink Lady no Katsudō Daishashin'' (1978) *'' Marriage Counselor Tora-san'' (1984) as Kawamata Noboru *'' Bloom in the Moonlight'' (1993) as Sakunosuke Koyama *''Agitator'' (2001) *'' Izo'' (2004) *'' Bunny Drop'' (2011) Television * Hissatsu series ** Hissatsu Shikakenin (1972–73) as Misaki no Senzō ** Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973) as Ohirome no Hanji ** Tasukenin Hashiru (1973074) as Rikichi ** Kurayami Shitomenin (1974) as Hanji *Edo no Kaze was a Japanese jidaigeki (period drama) broadcast on prime-time television that ran fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Nagoya
was a Japanese actor. Nagoya was an actor who specialized in playing comical roles. He is known for playing the role of Yūtarō Asahina in the tokusatsu superhero series ''Ultraman Taro''. Filmography Films * ''Non-chan Kumo ni Noru'' (1955) as Driver * '' Akitsu Springs'' (1960) as Shimamura * '' High and Low'' (1963) as Yamamoto (Detective) * ''Shitamachi no Taiyō'' (1963) as Kazama * ''Sweet Sweat'' (1964) as Jirō * ''Blood and Sand '' (1965) as Nezu * ''Flying Phantom Ship'' (1969) as Technician Arashiyama (voice) * '' The Human Revolution'' (1973) as Kurikawa * '' Tidal Wave'' (1973) as D-2 Security * '' Shunkinshō'' (1976) as Densuke * ''Mr- Mrs- Ms- Lonely'' (1980) as Hanamori * '' Station'' (1981) as Takada * ''Dotonbori River'' (1982) as Katsu-san * ''Suspicion'' (1982) as Iwasaki * ''Mahjong hōrōki'' (1984) * ''Kaitō Ruby'' (1988) as Man with white cloth * ''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' (1988) as Noguchi * ''Princess Goh'' (1992) as Torii * ' (1997) as Hatano * ''Princess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. Reports 19 September 1939: SS Scharnhorst The Hochi Shimbu ...''. Categories *Best Picture *Best International Picture *Best Animated Picture (since 2017) *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best New Artist *Special Award *Best Director Winner External links Hochi Film Awards official site List of awards on IMDB {{Cinema of Japan 1976 establishments in Japan Awards established in 1976 Japanese film awards Recurring events established in 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, France announced plans to help sponsor the festival with grants from the National Cinema Center. Ceremonies Categories *Best Film *Best Actor *Best Actress *Best Supporting Actor *Best Supporting Actress *Best Director *Best New Director *Best Screenplay *Best Cinematographer *Best Newcomer *Special Jury Prize *Best New Actor *Best New Actress References External links * Yokohama Film Festival - Overviewon IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... {{Authority control Awards established in 1980 Film festivals in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
